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50 Schilling
| Issuer | Oesterreichische Nationalbank |
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| Year | 1962 |
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| Reference(s) | P#137 |
| Obverse description | Left-facing portrait vignette of Austrian botanist Richard Wettstein set against a fine guilloche underprint, with the Austrian coat of arms at bottom centre. A sprig of marsh gentian (Gentiana pneumonanthe), with one open flower to the right and a bud to the left, accompanies the portrait. The denomination numeral and bank name appear in intaglio lettering, with Wettstein's name and dates inscribed beneath the portrait. |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 MAUTERNDORF FÜNFZIG SCHILLING |
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Austria's postwar Schilling series was produced under tight political supervision during the occupation period, but by 1962 the country had been independent for seven years and the Nationalbank was issuing with full autonomy restored. This note belongs to a series that ran without fundamental redesign for over a decade — unusual stability for a central bank still recalibrating after successive currency collapses in 1922 and 1945.
Roman Hellmann was a recurring figure in Austrian banknote design during this period, his work appearing across multiple denominations. The watermark remains the primary security feature — a reflection of mid-century Austrian production standards rather than any printing constraint.